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James Stuart Stewart 1512 – 1542 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 10 Apr 1512

Birth Location: Linlithgow Palace, Linlithgow, United Kingdom

Death Date: 14 Dec 1542

Death Location: Falkland Palace, Falkland, United Kingdom

Father: James Stewart

Mother: Margaret Tudor

Spouse(s): Madeleine Valois, Mary Guise

Children(s): Adam Stewart, 1st Stewart, Mary Stewart

James Stuart Stewart V was born in 1512 in Linlithgow Palace, Linlithgow, United Kingdom, the child of James KING OF SCOTLAND Stewart and Margaret Queen of Scotland Tudor. James Stuart Stewart V later married Madeleine of Valois and Mary of Guise, and together they raised children including Adam Stewart, 1st Lord Darnley John Stewart and Mary Queen France & Scotland Stuart Stewart. In 1542, James Stuart Stewart V passed away in Falkland Palace, Falkland, United Kingdom.

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Parents

James Stewart
1473 – 1513
Birth Location: Edinburgh, Midlothian, , Scotland
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Margaret Tudor
1489 – 1541
Birth Location: England
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Spouses(s)

Madeleine Valois
1520 – 1537
Birth Location: Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Departement des Yvelines, Île-de-France, France
MV
Mary Guise
1515 – 1560
Birth Location: Bar le Duc, Lorraine, France
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Children(s)

Adam Stewart
1530 – 1575
Birth Location: Scotland
AS
1st Stewart
1531 – 1563
Birth Location: Scotland
1S
Mary Stewart
1542 – 1587
Birth Location: Linlithgow Palace, Linlithgow, United Kingdom
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Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 10 Apr 1512
    Event Place: Linlithgow Palace, Linlithgow, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-20, 22, UK and Ireland, Find A Grave Index, 1300s-Current, Web: International, Find A Grave Index, Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 14 Dec 1542
    Event Place: Falkland Palace, Falkland, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-20, 22, UK and Ireland, Find A Grave Index, 1300s-Current, Web: International, Find A Grave Index, Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-Current

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh, Scotland
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find A Grave Index, 1300s-Current, Web: International, Find A Grave Index
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